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Game

Dwarf Fortress

2006 · Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac · Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Strategy

86IGDB player score
51 ratings

Previously Take

Quietly sitting at an 86 average. The algorithm never did this one any favors. Survival is the whole game — scarce resources, bad odds, and every small win feeling huge. Best experienced alone, preferably with nowhere to be.

About this game

Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world.

Screenshots

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Trailers & videos

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Game facts

Release date

Aug 8, 2006

Developer

Bay 12 Games

Publisher

Bay 12 Games

Platforms

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie

Themes

Fantasy, Survival, Stealth, Sandbox, Open world, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

Game modes

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric, Text

Editions & related releases

Dwarf Fortress cover artDwarf Fortress2022 · Rated 83

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